Coat-hanger.



3 UNITED STATES PA E onnron I ACOB MOSES ST IIN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COAT-HANGER;

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. March 20, 1906 Application filed September 29, 1906. Serial No. 280,652

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JAooBMosEs STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Washington, in the District of Coluniliia,

have invented certain new and useful Immediately beneath the collar, and it is also a well-known fact that this creasing or wrinkling is'superinduced by reason of the inelliclency of the hangers now upon the market. Attempts have been made to overcome this I serious defect in hangers of the present Variety, and some inventors have sought to accoinplish the desired purpose by employin a hanger somewhat similar to that propose by me. Actual tests have proven that said prior inventors have fallen short of accomplishing the desired purpose.-

A careful reading 01 the following description will disclose the essential features of my invention as compared with some of those now u on the market.

Wit the above and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face .view of' one form ofthe invention, the upper portion of a coat being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2

.is a perspective view of a hanger having a covering fitted over its intermediate-projection, the upper portion of a coat being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of another form oi' the invention, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on" the line 2 2* of F1 '2. w I Referring now to the accompanying draw- .ing's, and more particularlyl to Fig. 1, it will e hanger is composed of a rigid piece of suitable, material 1,;

be seen that the body oft or wrinkle 1s bound to f0 low.

with'its ends increased in thickness, as at 2. The ends of the body depend consider-- ably with respect to the intermediate portion thereof and in their dependency cooperate with a tapering projection 3, formed intermediate the ends of the said body. This projection 3 is disposed uponthe upper face of the body 1 and 1s by no means of great width, but intentionally narrow and of such height as to prevent the collar 4 of thegarment 5 reaching the upper, pointed end thereof and contacting with the suspending-hook 6, which latter may be secuied through the apex of j the projection in any suitable manner.

I'forna the' projection 3 narrow and not wide, for the reason that ex erience has proven that if the pro ection e comparatively' wide the object of the invention 1s defeated. It has been found that in order to preserve the shape of the garment, es' ecially to prevent the formation or superin uce the formation of a crease or wrinkle across the back of the garment immediatelybeneath the collar, the projection must of necessity be narrow; so as not to create a stretching or drawing effect from shoulder to shoulder. If there be any such drawin effect the crease have the sides of the. projectioniflare down- I therefore wardly from substantially a point and curve gracefully into the substantially straight upper face portions 0 of the body 1 u on oppO- he result site sides of the said projection. of these substantially straight portions is that there is not a deep cavity or a-hi h shoulder formed between the-ends of t e body. and the projection 33, resulting in the garment resting in :contact with the said straight 11 per face portions a throughout their lengt 1 upon opposite sides of said mtermediate rejection. If there should be a cavity .or ties of the ranger and its intermediate projection, the garment would either sag thereinto or be placed under tension immediate] above the cavity, either the cavity or the shoulder causinga creaseor wrinkle beneath the collar Of'tllf garment. g k 5 From the foregoing it will'be seen that-the upper faces of the body 1 u on opposite sides 0 h shoulder between the 8Xll1'QIIllthe projection 3 are so. ormedas to obviate deep ,cavlties and-permit the garment to;

restupon said ends without-sag ing between v the ends and the projection and? w thout b ing placed under tens on. Moreover b imdy iflcpei'id considcmbly with respect to the intermediate tapering projection, the strain ot the garment token oil of the ends of the body and more evenly distributed throughon t. if he greater strain should be upon the extremities of the body and not more evenly distributedthroughmrt, wrinkling or crensing of the garment immediately beneath the collar would result. As matter of fact my improved hanger causes thev greater stroin to he placed upon or near the base of the tapering projection. in other words, the weight of th 'nrn'ient in front tends to throw the book. 0 [he collar upwardly against the bacli oi the intermediate projection, and by row son of the downwardly-flnri.ng sides of the letter and the pronounced dependency of the extremities of the body with respect to the projection the preponderance of weight or H In strain is til-hen from the ends of the hunger.

In l? .4 there is shown a hanger possessing all. o l the features and odvni'itngr-is herein before referred to. it will be seen, however, that in this letter hanger the edges are round ed to obviate sharp upr, r edges and that the intermediate tapering projection is provided with e covering 11, preferably composed of rubber, nlthough any other suitable innteriul could be eiuplr ed. At any rate the material should be very thin, so that the covering may engage the projection tightly and ohvi ate the use of separate fastening means for h ol d ng it in place. Obviously the co'mring may be glued to the projection to hold it tightly thereupon. It will be that the cover ng embraces the suspending-hook 6. The purpose of this covering is to protect the garment from Wear and to prevent undue sliding movement of the garment upon the sold projection.

In Fi 3 there is shown a hanger similar r to the hangers shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the hanger 8 is hollow and composed of aluminium or other suitable metal. The projection 9 is also hollow, and the hook it) may be secured thereto in any suitable manner.

What is claimed is- 1. A gnrnicnt-hmiger comprising it body provided with a projection intermediate its ends, and a suspciuling-hook secured to the body, the sides of the projection luring downwardly from substantially :1 point to receivc the neck of the garment below the apex of the projection and hold the said neck out of engugcnicnt with said hook, the ends of the body upon opposite sides of the projection having their upper feces directed downwardly upon substantially straight lines tor cooperation with sold projection to hold the garment in contact with said upper face pottions throughout their lengths.

' 2. A garment-hanger, comprising a body provided with a projection intermediate its ends, and asuspcnding-hoolr secured to the body, thcsidcs of the projection finringdownwzirdly lroni substantially at point to receive. the necliol the garment and hold the latter out of engagement with the suspendlug-hook, the ends ol the body. upon opposite sides of the projection being directed dowi'iwzirdly upon substantially straight lines for cooperation w'th said projection to hold the garment in contact with said upper face portions throughout their lengths, and mcovering lit ted over the projection.

In testimony whereof I nll'ix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JACOB IdOSES STEIN. Witnesses:

than. .W. ll'urcmson, J13, JAoon .l SnArrnrN. 

